1 Corinthians 11:21

1 Corinthians 11:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
• New International Version (NIV)for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers. As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, another gets drunk.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For in eating, each one takes his own supper ahead of others; and one is hungry and another is drunk.

Context of 1 Corinthians 11:21

19Factions have to exist in order to make it clear who the genuine believers among you are. 20When you gather in the same place, you can’t possibly be eating the Lord’s Supper. Each of you eats his own supper ⌞without waiting for each other⌟. So one person goes hungry and another gets drunk. 22Don’t you have homes in which to eat and drink? Do you despise God’s church and embarrass people who don’t have anything to eat? What can I say to you? Should I praise you? I won’t praise you for this. 23After all, I passed on to you what I had received from the Lord. On the night he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread

1 Corinthians 11:21 word by word

ἕκαστος γὰρ τὸ ἴδιον δεῖπνον προλαμβάνει ἐν τῷ φαγεῖν, καὶ ὃς μὲν πεινᾷ, ὃς δὲ μεθύει.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• eatingφαγεῖνphagō · to eatG5315
• every oneἕκαστοςhekastos · eachG1538
• taketh beforeπρολαμβάνωprolambanō · to take beforehandG4301
• his ownἴδιοςidios · one's own/privateG2398
• supperδεῖπνονdeipnon · dinnerG1173
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• oneὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• ·μένmen · on the other handG3303
• is hungryπεινάωpeinaō · to hungerG3983
• andδέde · thenG1161
• is drunkenμεθύωmethuō · to get drunkG3184

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 11:21

• 1 Corinthians 11:23After all, I passed on to you what I had received from the Lord. On the night he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread
• 1 Corinthians 10:16When we bless the cup of blessing aren’t we sharing in the blood of Christ? When we break the bread aren’t we sharing in the body of Christ?
• 2 Peter 2:13and lose what their wrongdoing earned them. These false teachers are stains and blemishes. They take pleasure in holding wild parties in broad daylight. They especially enjoy deceiving you while they eat with you.
• Jude 1:12These people are a disgrace at the special meals you share with other believers. They eat with you and don’t feel ashamed. They are shepherds who care ⌞only⌟ for themselves. They are dry clouds blown around by the winds. They are withered, uprooted trees without any fruit. As a result, they have died twice.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 11:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Every one taketh before - his own supper - They had a grand feast, though the different sects kept in parties by themselves; but all took as ample a supper as they could provide, (each bringing his own provisions with him), before they took what was called the Lord's Supper. See on 1 Corinthians 11:17; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21For in eating - When you eat, having professedly come together to observe this ordinance. In order to understand this, it seems necessary to suppose that they had in some way made the Lord‘s supper either connected with a common feast, or that they regarded it as a mere common festival to be observed in a way similar to the festivals among the Greeks. Many have supposed that this was done by making the observance of the supper follow a festival, or what…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-22Verses 17-22 The apostle rebukes the disorders in their partaking of the Lord's supper. The ordinances of Christ, if they do not make us better, will be apt to make us worse. If the use of them does not mend, it will harden. Upon coming together, they fell into divisions, schisms. Christians may separate from each other's communion, yet be charitable one towards another; they may continue in the same communion, yet be uncharitable. This last is schism…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-22Some people cared more about eating their own dinner than about the Lord's Supper.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. one taketh before other--the rich "before" the poor, who had no supper of their own. Instead of "tarrying for one another" (1Co 11:33); hence the precept (1Co 12:21, 25). his own supper--"His own" belly is his God (Php 3:19); "the Lord's Supper," the spiritual feast, never enters his thoughts. drunken--The one has more than is good for him, the other less [Bengel].Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 11:21

• Worship

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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings